Oldham boss Paul Dickov's reward for Liverpool scalp is the sack!

Days like this are great but the biggest thing is staying in this division

Oldham chairman Simon Corney

The Oldham manager saw his side put a long run of poor league form behind them to stun Brendan Rodgers’ Kop fl ops 3-2.

It puts the Latics in the last 16 for the first time in 19 years It’s Millwall next for hero Hatters but chairman Simon Corney admitted it will not save the former Man City striker’s job.

Oldham’s reward was another plum home draw in the fifth round against Liverpool’s Mersey rivals Everton, but Dickov won’t be there to savour it.

Corney said: “It’s awkward. We will have to chat about it tomorrow. Paul has his own decision to make. Days like this are great but the biggest thing is staying in this division.

“We have had one draw in our last eight games. Much as I love my players, I don’t want to see that effort once every six months when we play a big team. I want to see that every game because if we did that, we would be top six.”

There were rumours that Dickov was sacked even BEFORE the fourth-round tie. He insisted he is still in the dark about his future but admitted it does not look good.

Dickov said: “Lots of things have gone on that Simon and I need to talk about, on both parts.

“I’ll just enjoy tonight. From the first day I walked in the place, I’ll carry on working as hard as I can to be a success until I am told otherwise.

“Possibly it could buy me more time. I hope it does. I’ll get on with it regardless. I’ve done that throughout my career.”

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers said: “This is a different type of football to the Premier League and you have to stand up and be counted.

“Today we were slow out of the blocks and got punished. It was not until the last 40 minutes that we played with any intensity.”